Native plant garden

Learn how to design a stylish pollinator garden; a bustling meeting space for bees, butterflies, parasitic wasps, and hummingbirds.

Finding Common Ground with Native Landscaping - Dyck Arboretum

"Create a stunning native wildflower garden that celebrates local flora and supports wildlife! 🌸🌼 From vibrant poppies to delicate lupines, discover how to choose and plant wildflowers that thrive in your region. Not only will you enjoy a colorful and low-maintenance garden, but you'll also attract beneficial pollinators like bees and butterflies. 🌿🦋 #WildflowerGarden #NativePlants #EcoFriendlyGardening #PollinatorFriendly"

Native plants are the most beneficial for all-things nature. They are a complete life cycle to so many! Here are 9 beautiful native plants for your Midwest garden. Your pollinators will thank you! :) #nativeplants #plantnative #midwestgarden #gardening #butterflies

The watershed approach to landscaping allows us to change "ornamental" landscapes into multi-benefit environmental solutions.

Sam Droege, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Biologist, and a bee expert who has studied native bees all around the world, gave a presentation on specialist bees and the plants that support them at the Arlington Library on May 11, 2015. The talk was sponsored jointly by the VNPS Potowmack Chapter, and the Arlington Regional…

"Enhance your garden with stunning Native Plant Habitats! 🌿🌼 Embrace local flora to create vibrant, eco-friendly spaces that support wildlife and promote sustainability. These habitats are perfect for adding beauty and biodiversity to your yard while reducing maintenance. Discover how to design and cultivate a thriving native garden that’s both beautiful and beneficial! 🌱🌟 #NativePlants #GardenDesign #EcoFriendly #WildlifeHabitat"

Today, local garden enthusiast Retta Ritchie-Holbrook shares with us her efforts to fill her garden with native Kentucky plant species. Be sure to check out her fabulous list of resources, as well. Maybe my black thumb isn't so black after all! Maybe I just need to choose more native plants!

Today we’re visiting Haliburton, Ontario, to see Justin Dumitrescu’s garden. The garden is ten years old and features mostly native plants in an informal, meadow-like design. Stepping-stones lead through a […]

A gorgeous combination of golden poppies, red poppies, valley violet, and I don't know what those whites are -- use Santa Barbara daisies? You can put the California fuchsia in the back for better variety of flower type.

Pollinator friendly gardens

What if you could turn your lawn into thriving wildlife habitat? That’s what a growing number of homeowners are doing by replacing their lawns with native plant gardens. It’s a small, but compelling movement that aims to increase biodiversity in the face of climate change and habitat loss. This post encourages you to rethink your own lawn. It’s full of helpful resources to get you planting for ecological health, including links to native plant databases, nurseries, and gardening guides. It…

Create a formal, upscale pollinator garden with limited colors and stormwater management for an environmentally sustainable paradise in Aldie, Virginia.

🌸 Go native! Incorporate native plants into your garden to promote biodiversity, conserve water, and create a low-maintenance, sustainable landscape. Which native species will you plant this season? #NativePlants #SustainableGardening #Biodiversity

summer native garden inspiration

Removing the tired, water-intensive patch of lawn made our small property so much more inviting and usable. We connected our front side and back spaces